The Role of Gender in To Kill A Mockingbird Women and Men are created equal, but are not always treated equally. In Harper Lee’s coming of age novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch, the main protagonist, is growing up in Maycomb, Alabama. In the book, Scout and her brother, Jem, grow up and find their place in the society in which they live. Throughout the novel, Scout learns things about herself, her community and her society. Scout changes from a little child to a girl who realizes that…
Underlying Causes of Income Inequality According to a report from the charity Oxfam, sixty-two people worldwide hold as much wealth as half of the global population (Stone). The cause of the wealth discrepancy is widely speculated upon and just as widely disputed. Many claim the social gap as the primary cause of this overwhelming income inequality. This response is an oversimplification of the true cause of current disparities. More specifically, the social gap created by preemptive influence…
States. It opened to women professions and blue-collar jobs that had previously been reserved for men. It transformed the portrayal of women by the media. It introduced the demand for women’s equality in politics, organized religion, sports, and innumerable other areas and institutions, and as a result, the gender balance of participation and leadership began to…
The unscrupulous side of society is evident once gender roles are in close scrutiny. From the start of time, we set these unwritten guidelines and force our children to abide them, since society forces us to be a certain way. They are supposed to behave, dress, and even work a certain occupation because of their gender. Considering this, the toys children play with are crucial in defining gender roles. Toys and the addition of socialization give children an idea of how they should be to “fit” in…
Inequality men and masculinities Cheerleading was a man sport in the 1800 because of all the gymnastics and it was as masculine as football the time. Women didn’t join cheerleading until men were sent to fight in world war II.In 1938 they tried pushing women back out but failed. The sport was thought to be about leadership but it changed toward sex appeal and support once women joined. This created male flight where men left cheerleading after women joined. Patriarchy is the control of female…
Lean in, is a book that chronicles the struggles that women have in the workplace, especially the struggles caused by gender-biased beliefs. I believe Sheryl Sandberg wrote it with the purpose of encouraging other women to speak up. “I never thought I would write a book. I am not a scholar, a journalist, or a sociologist. But I decided to speak out after talking to hundreds of women, listening to their struggles and sharing my own” said Sandberg (p 9). Sandberg, provides examples of her…
says that women automatically stand out due to their gender, but that is a given in a male-dominated environment. Had she been in a workplace that contained mostly women, only the men would stand out. Today’s society, albeit not perfect, is becoming more accepting of things that go out of the norm. My father, who frequently colors his hair and uses facial masks, would be considered marked among his brothers. I am marked not because of my gender, but because of my interests. It is not an issue of…
around tough conditions. Although they do specialize in a lot of hunting gear and normal clothing. Having a strong passion for the outdoors, I find myself constantly active and engaged in on something outside. That something might either be work, sports, or hunting and when I find myself…
ideology of their gender roles are Tom and Daisy. While Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway appear to not follow the traits of their assigned parts according to the traditional point of view. One of the characters who conform to the cultural point of view is Tom due to when Nick describes him by acknowledging that he has, “Two shining arrogant eyes….established dominance over his face….played football….a national figure in a…
has a label because of it. This phenomenon is called discrimination, meaning the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other people or groups of people. Discrimination is a lawful or unlawful act of stealing the equality or treating an individual’s or group of people dissimilarly compared to others by differentiating them based on their race, age,…